Posted August 29, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Register to win a copy of “Unattended Luggage,” the new box-set of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s solo works.
The box includes Nick’s three previously-released solo albums:
And don’t miss Nick’s interview on this week’s “Floydian Slip” program #1168. Download a complete broadcast schedule.
Prizes courtesy of Warner Music.
Posted July 18, 2018 by Floydian Slip
On Sept. 28, Pink Floyd Records will issue 2011’s “A Foot in the Door — The Best of Pink Floyd” for the first time on vinyl.
The 16-track compilation will become a 2-LP set pressed onto heavyweight 180-gram vinyl.
It’ll include a gate-fold outer sleeve and two printed inner bags. The original sleeve design by the late Storm Thorgerson has been revised by Hipgnosis cohorts Aubrey Powell and Peter Curzon to include alternate versions of the photos used on the original CD.
Originally released as part of the band’s 2011 “Why Pink Floyd?” reissue campaign, “A Foot in the Door” includes tracks from “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975), “The Wall” (1979), “The Final Cut” (1983), “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” (1987), “The Division Bell” (1994), and the early ’67 single “See Emily Play.”
All tracks have been re-mastered for vinyl by long-time Floyd associate James Guthrie working with Joel Plante; with lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman of Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles, Calif.
This vinyl pressing of the album will feature the full version of “Time,” restoring the ringing alarm clocks at the start of the track, which were omitted on the CD release.
Posted June 21, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer and founding member Nick Mason will join host Craig Bailey on an upcoming “Floydian Slip.”
Mason will appear on an episode of the show that’ll air in late August.
Last Tuesday, we announced Warner Music will reissue Mason’s three solo albums as a box set called “Unattended Luggage” on Aug. 31. (See “Nick Mason box set coming Aug. 31.”)
He begins a 21-date tour of Scandinavia and Europe on Sept. 2 with his group Saucerful of Secrets, playing vintage Floyd.
Mason’s the only member of Floyd to have appeared on each of the band’s albums.
He previously appeared on “Floydian Slip” program #970 in November 2014. You can hear that interview and read a transcript online.
We’ll announce a specific air date in August.
(Photo: Jill Furmanovsky)
Posted June 12, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Warner Music will release a limited edition box set of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s previously-released solo work on Aug. 31.
Titled “Unattended Luggage,” it’ll include three discs:
The box set will be available in CD and LP formats. Each individual album in the box will also be made available as a digital download and through streaming platforms.
This will be the first time in more than 20 years the titles will be available in CD and LP format.
“White of the Eye,” a film soundtrack Mason recorded with Rick Fenn, who also collaborated on “Profiles,” has never been available on CD.
“These recordings hold a very special place for me in my musical life,” Mason says. “‘Fictitious Sports’ developed initially from working with Mike Mantler, Carla Bley, and Robert Wyatt on a couple of their projects, and benefited enormously from a whole crew of great musicians that I was introduced to by them at Grog Kill Studios in Woodstock.
“‘Profiles’ and ‘White of the Eye’ were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more,” he adds.
“Listening back after 30 odd years, I’m delighted they are getting the reissue treatment. I’m rather hoping that sales will be sufficient to damage the market in the original rare vinyl versions!”
Mason is a founding member of Pink Floyd and the only member to appear on every Floyd album and at every Floyd show.
The release of “Unattended Luggage” is timed to coincide with Mason’s tour with Saucerful of Secrets, a band he assembled to perform early Floyd music.
The 5-person group debuted at four small shows in London May 20-24, and will launch a tour of Scandinavia and Europe starting Sept. 2.
Michael Hann (Financial Times) wrote of the May 20 performance, “This was the most extraordinary and joyous show — a reminder of what a peculiar and brilliant band Pink Floyd were.”
Tickets are on sale now at www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com.
(Photo of Nick Mason by Jill Furmanovsky)
Posted April 17, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters says a 5.1 Surround Sound edition of Pink Floyd‘s “Animals” (1977) is on its way.
According to Super Deluxe Edition, the Floyd co-founder mentioned the release during an interview on Dutch radio station NPO Radio 2:
“I’ve just been working with Po (Aubrey Powell),” he said. “There’s a reissue of ‘Animals,’ I think, a 5.1 remix of ‘Animals,’ and so he came up with some new photographs of Battersea Power Station, as it is now, to use as a CD cover for the new 5.1 mix. It’s beautiful.”
Any 5.1 remix wouldn’t be pressed to compact disc, since the format doesn’t support the technology. So Waters most likely was referring to an upcoming Blu-ray or DVD.
Posted March 27, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd Records will re-release its 1971 compilation album “Relics” on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl on May 18.
The album was remastered was James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman, the same team responsible for the spate of other recent Floyd re-issues.
“Relics” includes singles; B-sides; and tracks from the band’s first three albums: “The Piper at the Gates Of Dawn” (1967), “A Saucerful of Secrets” (1968) and the soundtrack to the film “More” (1969).
At the time of its original release, it boasted a previously-unreleased number written by Roger Waters, “Biding My Time,” recorded in July 1969.
“Relics” was the first album to include the Floyd singles “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play”; and the original studio recording of “Careful with That Axe, Eugene,” originally the B-side of “Point Me at the Sky.”
The sleeve features the original black and white drawing by Floyd drummer Nick Mason, with the subtitle “A Bizarre Collection of Antiques & Curios.”
All tracks are the original stereo versions, except for “Arnold Layne” and “See Emily Play,” which are the original mono mixes.
The label has been busy re-releasing the Floyd catalog on vinyl. A re-issue of “Pulse” was announced earlier this week (“Pulse to be reissued on vinyl“).
Posted March 24, 2018 by Floydian Slip
“Pulse,” the 1995 double-disc document of Pink Floyd‘s mid-’90s “Division Bell” tour will be re-released on heavyweight vinyl this spring.
Pink Floyd Records will release the album May 18 as four 180-gram LPs, each with its own outer sleeve, plus a 52-page hardcover book, all contained in a thick card slipcase.
One bonus on this new set is the inclusion of “One of These Days,” recorded Oct. 21, 1994, at Earl’s Court. It was included on the original LP and cassette versions of “Pulse,” but left off the CD pressing. It was also included on the ’95 CD single for “High Hopes.”
The re-issue was remastered from original tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman. Hipgnosis’s Aubrey Powell and Peter Curzon handled design duties. The two worked on the original sleeve with late Hipgnosis co-founder Storm Thorgerson.
Over the past few years, Floyd has released its entire studio collection as stereo remasters on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl. All have been mastered from original analogue studio tapes with original album artwork.
Most recently, this past November, they released “A Collection of Great Dance Songs” (1981) and “Delicate Sound of Thunder” (1988).
Posted March 6, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd will release a new heavy weight vinyl remaster of its first album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” (1967), on Record Store Day, April 21.
James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman remastered the album in mono working from the original ’67 mono mix.
Hipgnosis’s Aubrey Powell and Peter Curzon designed the cover for the new version, which features Syd Barrett‘s silhouetted graphic of the band that adorned the back of the original LP.
A poster of the Colin Prime photo that was the basis for Barrett’s graphic is included with the disc.
Posted March 6, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Lucius, featuring vocalists Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, released its “Nudes” album last Friday. The album features Roger Waters on the closing track, a cover of Leadbelly‘s “Goodnight, Irene.”
Yesterday the group published a video of Waters, Laessig and Wolfe — barely recognizable without the pair’s matching wigs — recording the song direct to vinyl in a vintage Voice-O-Graph booth at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios.
Laessig and Wolfe provide backing vocals for Waters Us + Them tour and also appear on his album “Is This the Life We Really Want?” (2017).
Posted January 23, 2018 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will make a guest appearance on the upcoming Lucius album “Nudes.”
Waters is featured on the band’s cover of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight Irene.”
Lucius is a four-person L.A.-based band most recognizable for its look-alike lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig. The pair provided backing vocals on Waters’ recent Us + Them tour.
“Nudes” is an acoustic collection of original and re-recorded Lucius tracks, as well as cover songs, recorded over two days at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
The album drops March 2 and is available now for pre-order now.
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